#A72021#A72021

#A72021 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.171 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72021
RGB	rgb(167, 32, 33)
HSL	hsl(360, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(360, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.67, 53.18, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.67, 63.67, 33.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% 0.1529 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.171 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7294, 9.3610, 2.3645)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72021 #20A7A6

analogous

#A72065 #A72021 #A76320

triadic

#A72021 #21A720 #2021A7

tetradic

#A72021 #65A720 #20A7A6 #6320A7

square

#A72021 #65A720 #20A7A6 #6320A7

split-complementary

#A72021 #20A763 #2065A7

monochromatic

#400C0D #741617 #A72021 #D72D2F #E16162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#A72021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A72021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72021

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72021	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B441F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 32, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.171 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca695d',
    500: '#a72021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72021;
$custom-light: #ca695d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.556,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47462,
    "c": 0.17068,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72021

secondary

#5DC5C5

accent

#EBE93D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72021

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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